Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Osezaki, Shizuoka, Japan
22 August, 2021
- Team Leader
- Iris Law
- Number of Participants
- 9
- Total Debris Collected
- 1 kgs (estimated)
35.024955, 138.78715
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Osezaki, Shizuoka, Japan
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Marine House Lei Aloha, Marine Spot Partner
- City
- Numazu
- Country
- Japan
- Date
- 22 August, 2021
- Survey Duration
- 50 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 35.024955
Longitude: 138.78715
- Weather Conditions
-
Heavy rain with sunny intervals
- Survey Depth Range
- 6–16.4 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 8397 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 14 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 3 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 3 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 2 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 6 |
| Cigarette Filters | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 4 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 4 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 2 |
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
Additional Information
Visitors come to the beach often in summer, consequently a lot of food packaging was found underwater.
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic)
Beverage bottles (glass)
Cups, plates, forks, knives, spoons (plastic)
Comments and Feedback
A separate beach clean-up was also conducted with local non-divers as part of our effort to protect the dive site we frequent. Considerably more litter was found on land than underwater, raging from swimming goggles to cigarette butts. Fortunately we were able to remove them from the proximity before they become marine debris.
